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Fix metadata plex #271

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Allow build to run on MacOS
Dec 29, 2025
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Fix metadata so plex understands it for release date
Dec 29, 2025
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Revert "Allow build to run on MacOS"
Dec 29, 2025
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36 changes: 27 additions & 9 deletions src/lib/Video.ts
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Expand Up @@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ export class Video extends Attachment {
season = match[1];
episode = match[2];
}
// Determine the unique episode number based on releaseDate
const releaseDate = this.releaseDate;
const nfo = builder
.create()
.ele("episodedetails")
Expand All @@ -258,7 +260,10 @@ export class Video extends Attachment {
.txt(htmlToText(this.description))
.up()
.ele("aired") // format: yyyy-mm-dd required for Kodi/Plex
.txt(this.releaseDate.getFullYear().toString() + "-" + nPad(this.releaseDate.getMonth() + 1) + "-" + nPad(this.releaseDate.getDate()))
.txt(`${releaseDate.getUTCFullYear()}-${nPad(releaseDate.getUTCMonth() + 1)}-${nPad(releaseDate.getUTCDate())}`)
.up()
.ele("originallyavailable") // plesk NFO uses Original vailable for actual air dates, if it uses NFO
.txt(`${releaseDate.getUTCFullYear()}-${nPad(releaseDate.getUTCMonth() + 1)}-${nPad(releaseDate.getUTCDate())}`)
.up()
.ele("season")
.txt(season)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -367,14 +372,26 @@ export class Video extends Attachment {
await unlink(this.muxedPath).catch(nll);

const description = htmlToText(this.description);
const releaseDate = this.releaseDate;
const year = releaseDate.getUTCFullYear();
const yearStart = new Date(Date.UTC(year, 0, 1));
const episode = Math.floor((releaseDate.getTime() - yearStart.getTime()) / 1000);
const airedDate = new Date(releaseDate);
const creationTime = airedDate.toISOString().replace(/\.\d{3}Z$/, "Z");
const airedDateStr = `${airedDate.getUTCFullYear()}-${nPad(airedDate.getUTCMonth() + 1)}-${nPad(airedDate.getUTCDate())}`; // format: yyyy-mm-dd required for Kodi/Plex
const metadata = {
title: this.videoTitle,
AUTHOR: this.channelTitle,
YEAR: this.releaseDate.getFullYear().toString(),
date: `${this.releaseDate.getFullYear().toString()}${nPad(this.releaseDate.getMonth() + 1)}${nPad(this.releaseDate.getDate())}`,
description: description,
synopsis: description,
};
title: this.videoTitle,
AUTHOR: this.channelTitle,
YEAR: year.toString(),
date: airedDateStr,
description: description,
synopsis: description,
show: this.channelTitle,
season_number: year.toString(),
episode_id: episode.toString(),
creation_time: creationTime,
};
const metadataArgs = Object.entries(metadata).flatMap(([key, value]) => ["-metadata", `${key}=${value}`]);
const metadataFilePath = `${this.folderPath}/${Math.random()}.ffmeta`;
const metadataContent = Object.entries(metadata)
.map(([key, value]) => `${key}=${value.replaceAll(/\n/g, "\\\n")}`)
Expand All @@ -394,6 +411,7 @@ export class Video extends Attachment {
"0",
"-map_metadata",
"1",
...metadataArgs,
"-c",
"copy",
this.muxedPath,
Expand All @@ -410,7 +428,7 @@ export class Video extends Attachment {
// Remove the partial file when done
await unlink(this.partialPath);
// Set the files update time to when the video was released
await utimes(this.muxedPath, new Date(), this.releaseDate);
await utimes(this.muxedPath, new Date(), releaseDate);

(await this.attachmentInfo()).muxedBytes = await Video.pathBytes(this.muxedPath);
} finally {
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